hiero & daaro: from urns & seeds to psychedelics?!

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There
is every
reason to believe
that the use of narcotics
was encouraged by the quest for 'magical heat'.
In fact almost anything was/is and can be used
by homomuchomachobonobo to further our funny human needs.
The smoke {aso} from certain herbs, the 'combustion' of certain plants
had the virtue of increasing 'power' and the illusionary consideration
of the symbolic value of narcotic and ideological intoxication
{such as for instance Our Queen's Day, Christmas,
Santa Claus & his/her Holy Virgin Spouse
Mickey Mouse, Donald W.
Duck/Eternal Fuck,
Golden Calves,
Great Leaders &
all kinds of other
Big Brothers & their Little Sisters}???
It was equivalent to a [little] 'death',
the intoxicated person left his/her body,
acquired the condition of holy ghosts and idolatry~spirits
and thus mystical ecstacy assimilated to a temporary 'death'
or leaving the body all kinds thru intoxications & strong
muchomachobonobo emotions producing in the end
the 'same' result so as to be given their wanted
or disgusted place among the techniques
of ecstasy, encouragement
& economy!
Many
other authors
have already frequently
stated that the Scythians
threw hemp seeds on to burning coals
and inhaled the smoke
[and/or used alcoholic beverages,
sacred mushrooms and so on]!
As any smoker knows,
the seeds are actually the least interesting part of the plant to 'smoke'?
So the old Scythians were obviously throwing leaves and branches with dried hemp flowers [among others] on the burning coals: the seeds being far less combustible than the dried hemp flowers would clearly be the last to burn, and would tend to drop down among the 'holy' ashes, leaving the remains to grow
or to be later discovered by archaeologists in other ages and to be described by all kinds of
historians of antiquity who thus 'observed the rite' without actually themselves
participating in it?
We
are also
in myDi just
digging into all kinds
of remnants left behind
from prehistoric times: every one of us
IS by the way a result of those human roots,
branches, leaves, fruits & biologic mixtures, ideas,
practices and endless comical
experiments
...
In
the same
way remnants of
hemp dating from 'far away'
prehistoric times were discovered in northern
Europe when our archaeologists opened up all kinds of tombs
containing funerary urns@Wilmersdorf ~~~
The vessel in question contained sand in which were mixed remnants of plants.
It dated well back from the 5th century BC.
The botanists were able to find among this plant debris fragments of the seed
and pericarp of Cannabis sativa.
They presented a report
on their discoveries
and drew
the conclusion
that hemp had already been known
to northern Europe at such an early time.
They also expressed the hypothesis that the hemp in question
might have been introduced into the vase much later?
The close examination
of that place
where the urn was found,
and of its position,
which they undertook at the time of discovery
showed that this conjecture
could be discarded!
Furthermore,
one must agree
that hemp was already employed in northern Europe
at the same time that it was by the Chinese and the Scythians for food and 'pleasure'?
All that remains is to determine whether hemp was imported from the Orient or whether it was already cultivated in the country!
The use of hemp
in the manufacture of ropes and fabrics
seems to haven been introduced rather late?
Not a single passage is to be found in the writings and mural inscriptions of the ancient Egyptians and Hebrews which makes any allusion to such usage.
Herodotus,
on the other hand,
reports that the inhabitants of Thrace made clothes from hemp fibres.
It is related that Hiero {3rd century BC}, tyrant of Syracuse, had hemp brought from Rhodanus
{the country of the Rhone?} in order to equip a ship.
Pausanias {2nd century BC}
mentions that hemp
and other textiles plants were cultivated in Elide;
and Pliny the Elder {AD 23 & dying from the explosion of Vesuvio@79 AD!},
relates that the sails and cordage of the Roman galleys were made of hemp!
In the second century, Galen wrote that it was customary to give hemp to guests
at banquets to promote hilarity and happiness.
And last but not least
at the beginning
of the third century,
the Chinese physician Hoa-Thoa
used hemp as an anaesthetic in surgical operations.
By the thirteenth century,
garments of hemp were in common use throughout Southern Europe
just as beer was
in the Low Lands with its 'weed companies'
and so on
and so
forth
...

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